Energy: an issue that trespasses borders, and continents. There are no known recent reports on the precarious energy situation in Central America. San Jose Costa Rica, November 19, 2022, rafaelvilagut@gmail.com. The future of energy in Europe | DW Documentary, https://youtu.be/0LG_eEqdcLs. When energy is extracted in one country to sell to another country, the benefit may not be equally distributed to the people of both countries. A sad example is Qatar and FIFA´s world cup beginning tomorrow.
According to the last DW documentary, energy is life - these days, Europeans are experiencing that first-hand. For far too long, Europe has depended on coal, oil, and gas imports from around the world. Not only have these fuels been driving the climate catastrophe, but they also serve as a dangerous bargaining chip for geopolitical interests.
Energy is essential worldwide -- and it is an unresolved problem. The war in Ukraine has shown just how dependent Europe and the world are on fossil fuels. This has weakened Europe and given export countries - frequently governed by authoritarian rule - a geopolitical means of leverage.
Now, war on the European continent has eclipsed concerns over the climate crisis. The increased consumption of harmful fuels is creating economic and political problems. Yet, against the odds, decarbonizing Europe remains a widespread priority, and alternative solutions are already available.
In France, Denmark and Ukraine, civil initiatives are taking energy supplies into their own hands and investing in the joint production of their own solar energy. In some cases, privately produced solar energy has proven much cheaper than what national solar energy providers offer.
These initiatives show that decentralizing energy production could be the key to transforming our energy supply. Poland still depends heavily on coal, but is offering retraining programs for employees in the mining business to help them transition to green jobs.
An estimated one million such green jobs are expected to be created in Europe by 2030. Green hydrogen, currently still in the development stages, could be a sustainable and profitable alternative for industries in the future. Across the continent, workable alternatives are emerging.
The current quick succession of political crises has now joined the ongoing climate crisis to show just how important it is to act now. The 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference or Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC, more commonly referred to as COP27 came to its end yesterday from 6–18 November 2022.
The conference was sponsored by Coca-Cola. Several environmental campaigners suggested this was greenwashing, given the company's contribution to plastic pollution.
In a report published in October 2021, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) considers Africa to be the most vulnerable continent to the effects of climate change. More than 100 million Africans will in fact be threatened by global warming between now and 2030.
On 15 November 2022, Polish climate activists Dominika Lasota and Wiktoria Jędroszkowiak, and Ukrainian activists Svitlana Romanko, Valeria Bondarieva, and Viktoriya Ball protested during a session held by Russians, whose 150-person delegation included 33 fuel lobbyists.
The activists called out to the Russian delegation, stating that the Russians were war criminals who didn't have the right to be present at the conference and didn't deserve respect. Lasota called the Russians "despicable" (Polish: podłymi) and held up a banner "Fossil Fuels Kill".
The activists were forced out by security personnel. Justin Rowlatt of BBC News was also removed from the Russian session by security personnel after he asked the Russian delegation, "Do you plan to compensate for the damage made to the natural environment in Ukraine?".
According to the last DW documentary, energy is life - these days, Europeans are experiencing that first-hand. For far too long, Europe has depended on coal, oil, and gas imports from around the world. Not only have these fuels been driving the climate catastrophe, but they also serve as a dangerous bargaining chip for geopolitical interests.
Energy is essential worldwide -- and it is an unresolved problem. The war in Ukraine has shown just how dependent Europe and the world are on fossil fuels. This has weakened Europe and given export countries - frequently governed by authoritarian rule - a geopolitical means of leverage.
Now, war on the European continent has eclipsed concerns over the climate crisis. The increased consumption of harmful fuels is creating economic and political problems. Yet, against the odds, decarbonizing Europe remains a widespread priority, and alternative solutions are already available.
In France, Denmark and Ukraine, civil initiatives are taking energy supplies into their own hands and investing in the joint production of their own solar energy. In some cases, privately produced solar energy has proven much cheaper than what national solar energy providers offer.
These initiatives show that decentralizing energy production could be the key to transforming our energy supply. Poland still depends heavily on coal, but is offering retraining programs for employees in the mining business to help them transition to green jobs.
An estimated one million such green jobs are expected to be created in Europe by 2030. Green hydrogen, currently still in the development stages, could be a sustainable and profitable alternative for industries in the future. Across the continent, workable alternatives are emerging.
The current quick succession of political crises has now joined the ongoing climate crisis to show just how important it is to act now. The 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference or Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC, more commonly referred to as COP27 came to its end yesterday from 6–18 November 2022.
The conference was sponsored by Coca-Cola. Several environmental campaigners suggested this was greenwashing, given the company's contribution to plastic pollution.
In a report published in October 2021, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) considers Africa to be the most vulnerable continent to the effects of climate change. More than 100 million Africans will in fact be threatened by global warming between now and 2030.
On 15 November 2022, Polish climate activists Dominika Lasota and Wiktoria Jędroszkowiak, and Ukrainian activists Svitlana Romanko, Valeria Bondarieva, and Viktoriya Ball protested during a session held by Russians, whose 150-person delegation included 33 fuel lobbyists.
The activists called out to the Russian delegation, stating that the Russians were war criminals who didn't have the right to be present at the conference and didn't deserve respect. Lasota called the Russians "despicable" (Polish: podłymi) and held up a banner "Fossil Fuels Kill".
The activists were forced out by security personnel. Justin Rowlatt of BBC News was also removed from the Russian session by security personnel after he asked the Russian delegation, "Do you plan to compensate for the damage made to the natural environment in Ukraine?".
There are no known recent reports on the precarious energy situation in Central America.
Much emphasis is placed on the impact of climate change in Central America, due to associated natural disasters, but it has not been studied, much less analyzed in its Legislative and Executive Powers, on the strong dependence of the Central American and Caribbean region on the United States, to cover the basic energy needs of the eight countries that make up the General Secretariat of the Central American Integration System SG SICA established since 1991 with an area of 572,510 km2 (221,050 sq mi), and a population (est. 2020) of 60,495,553 inhabitants.
Youtube Energy for all? https://youtu.be/0LG_eEqdcLs DW documentary.
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